Cham
Encyclopedia
Cham may refer to:
- Cham AlbaniansCham AlbaniansCham Albanians, or Chams , are a sub-group of Albanians who originally resided in the coastal region of Epirus in northwestern Greece, an area known among Albanians as Chameria. The Chams have their own peculiar cultural identity, which is a mixture of Albanian and Greek influences as well as many...
, also spelled as Çam, a people originating in northern Greece of Albanian descent - Cham (Asia), a people living in Vietnam and Cambodia
- Cham languageCham languageCham is the language of the Cham people of Southeast Asia, and formerly the language of the kingdom of Champa in central Vietnam. A member of the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian family, it is spoken by 100,000 people in Vietnam and up to 220,000 people in Cambodia . There are also...
, the language of the Cham people - Cham script, the script of the Cham people
- ChampaChampaThe kingdom of Champa was an Indianized kingdom that controlled what is now southern and central Vietnam from approximately the 7th century through to 1832.The Cham people are remnants...
, the former Cham kingdom - Art of ChampaArt of ChampaChampa was an Indic civilization that flourished along the coasts of what is now central and southern Vietnam for roughly a one thousand year period between 500 AD and 1500 AD. The original Chams were probably colonists from the Indonesian islands, who adopted as their principal vocations those of...
, the art of the Cham people
- Cham language
- Cham DanceCham DanceThe cham dance , also spelled tscham or chaam, is a lively masked and costumed dance associated with some sects of Buddhism, and is part of Buddhist festivals. The dance is accompanied by music played by monks using traditional Tibetan instruments...
, a masked dance associated with some sects of Buddhism
Arts
- Cham (novel)Cham (novel)Cham is the second novel by John Llewellyn Rhys Prize winning British writer Jonathan Trigell.It is set in the French mountain town and extreme sports Mecca of Chamonix Mont Blanc, where the author also resides....
, a novel by British writer Jonathan Trigell set in Chamonix Mont Blanc - Cham (film), 1931 film
Places
- Cham is a familiar or colloquial name for the French mountain town and extreme sports Mecca of Chamonix Mont Blanc
- Cham, GermanyCham, GermanyCham is the capital of the district of Cham in the Upper Palatinate in Bavaria in Germany.-Location:Cham lies within the Cham-Further lowland, which is bordered on the south by the Bavarian Forest and on the north by the Oberpfälzer Wald...
, town - Cham (district)Cham (district)Cham is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Regen, Straubing-Bogen, Regensburg and Schwandorf and by the Czech Plzeň Region.- History :...
, Germany - ChambChambThe Chamb is a river in the Czech Republic and in Germany. It is a right tributary of the Regen River.The Chamb begins south of the Czech village of Kdyně, and flows some westward, crossing into Germany at an elevation of...
river, where the town and district of Cham, Germany is located - Cham, SwitzerlandCham, SwitzerlandCham is a municipality in the canton of Zug in Switzerland.-Location:Cham has an area, , of . Of this area, 63.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 13.2% is forested...
, a city in the Canton of Zug, Switzerland - Cham IslandsCham islandsThe Cham Islands constitute a group of 8 small islands of Quảng Nam, which form a part of the Cu Lao Cham Marine Park, a world Biosphere Reserve recognized by UNESCO, in South China Sea in Vietnam. The islands are approachable from Cửa Đại beach...
of Vietnam - Cham, Kantharalak - Sisaket Province, Thailand
Persons
- Jorge ChamJorge ChamJorge Cham is a Chinese Panamanian cartoonist and roboticist best known for his popular newspaper and web comic strip Piled Higher and Deeper . Cham lives in the United States, where he started drawing PhD Comics as a graduate student at Stanford University...
, a comic-book artist - Ham (son of Noah), in a variant spelling
- Amédée de NoéAmédée de NoéCharles Amédée de Noé, known as Cham was a French caricaturist and lithographer. Raised by a family who wished him to attend a polytechnic school, he instead attended painting workshops by Nicolas Charlet and Paul Delaroche and began work as a cartoonist, taking on the pseudonym "Cham"...
, a French artist whose pseudonym was "Cham" - Cham (singer)Cham (singer)Cham is a Grammy Award-nominated Jamaican recording artist, most well known for his 2006 single "Ghetto Story" from his major label debut album of the same name, a song which led to multiple "story" songs by other artists in a similar vein. He is currently signed to Atlantic Records, and was...
born 1977 in Jamaica, a Reggae artist, known for the single "Ghetto Story" - ChamillionaireChamillionaireHakeem Seriki , better known by his stage name Chamillionaire, is an American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur. He is the CEO of Chamillitary Entertainment. Chamillionaire is also the founder and an original member of The Color Changin' Click...
Miscellaneous
- a fictional girl band in the anime Perfect BluePerfect Blueis a 1997 Japanese animated psychological thriller film directed by Satoshi Kon and written by Kon and Sadayuki Murai based on the novel of the same name by Yoshikazu Takeuchi. Junko Iwao plays Mima Kirigoe, a member of a Japanese pop-idol group called "CHAM!", who decides to pursue her career as...
- a type of maneuver used by traceurs more commonly in the United States